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One of PAR\u2019s female Mechanical Engineers, Elise Rodich, attended the Society of Women Engineers conference for Women in Engineering and Technology, SWE22 last week, October 20th – 22nd. The conference offered combined focuses on early career development and professional development for women in engineering. For Elise, it was about the inspiration of building her network among women in engineering and also the transition from college to professional work as she is a recent graduation and new to joining the PAR team. We sat down with Elise and asked her to share her experience. 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